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Soon aft the quality of the Malviya Nagar occurrence reached the Aggarwals, the household members rushed to assorted hospitals and mortuaries trying to find 8 members of their extended family, who were staying astatine the bed-and-breakfast (B&B) facility.
Yogesh Aggarwal reached the AIIMS Trauma Centre astir 3.30 p.m. He was accompanied by his aunt, Sarita Devi, who was looking for 4 members of her family, including her husband.
They moved from 1 enquiry table to different portion checking their phones for updates. “We conscionable privation to cognize wherever they are, dormant oregon alive,” said Mr. Yogesh, a nonmigratory of Shalimar Bagh.
By afternoon, 50 members of the Aggarwal household had gathered extracurricular Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, looking for their loved ones.
A household subordinate of victims of the Malviya Nagar occurrence basal extracurricular the Trauma Centre, successful New Delhi, connected June 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI
Came from Gurugram
Vivek Aggarwal, a Gurugram resident, had rented rooms astatine Flourish Stay B&B to beryllium adjacent to his father, Radhe Shyam Aggarwal, who is undergoing attraction for a lung ailment astatine the intensive attraction portion of Max Hospital. Vivek stayed determination with his mother, Premlata, woman Tarjani and 2 daughters Jeeviska and Waria.
Vivek’s aunt and uncle, Kamla and Jhimri Lal Aggarwal, and cousin, Ashok Goyal, who had travelled from Kishangarh successful Uttar Pradesh to conscionable his father, had besides checked into the B&B. None of them survived the blaze.
‘His wellness worsened’
“The doctors had said that Radhe Shyam’s wellness had worsened. That is wherefore each the adjacent relatives had travel from afar,” said Ms. Sarita aft she was informed of the deaths.
“We haven’t told Radhe Shyam thing astir it yet,” she added.
Outside Max Hospital, Prem Bansal, Vivek’s father-in-law, said, “They chose the installation due to the fact that it was adjacent to the hospital.”
“At slightest 15 minutes earlier the fire, I had called my girl Tarjani, asking her to pass america astir erstwhile we could travel and sojourn her father-in-law. She answered my call, saying it was excessively aboriginal successful the greeting for a sojourn and disconnected,” Mr. Bansal said.
He added, “I got a telephone from Vivek’s brother, Mahender, that the household was trapped successful the basement of the hotel.”
Mr. Mahender had by past reached the installation aft getting a telephone from his member astir the fire. He could spot flames and fume billowing from the multi-storey building.
Another relative, who was connected the spot, alleged that the Delhi Fire Services did not person the tools to pry unfastened the B&B’s shutters and that he, on with the country residents, broke unfastened the windows to let firefighters entree to the building.
